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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

What did you do for NSD?

There so many tempting online crops, challenges and events for National Scrapbook Day thar I didn't know which way to turn first! I spent most of my scrap time latr week with Cookin' Up Creations, a scrapbook forum, and on the Citrus Twist Kits Fans' Facebook page. My hands are pretty twisted looking and stiff right now from rheumatoid arthritis, but I did manage ro complete 9 layouts between May 1 and 8, which made me happy.

I hosted a recipe challenge on the forum, using this sketch from PageMaps:

The "recipe"called for strips of patterned paper or washi tape; I used rhe latter because I have a lot of it and seldom use it. And I also included a photo that included the scrapper in the recipe because I am seldom in my own pages. My oldest daughter took this photo of my grandson and I talking. Not a great photo, but I like thar it shows us talking and laughing.

I didn't have many unscrapped family photos, so I took photos of things that I like, so there will be more pages "about me" in my albums. These 3 were all from Citrus Twist challenges, either using a sketch or lifting a design member's layouts.

Yes, I love teddy bears...

... and coffee ...

... and the sparkle from the jewelry counter at a store in downtown Pueblo...

...... and the various forms of art that decorate the buildings and public areas in our new home town:

3 comments:

Wow, we have so much in common. I love teddy bears and coffee too. But I wish I had all the family photos scrapbooked. Not even close to being done that. Your layouts are awesome and I like how you took photos of things you like. BL

About Me

For those of you who don't "know" me, I'm an avid scrapbooker as well as a wife, mother of four, grandmother of nine (and counting!), and retired newspaper writer and public relations professional. I'm a native Illinois girl but moved to Colorado in November 2015 with my husband of 33 years, Mike, and my mother.
I scrapbook because I feel it's important to chronicle my family's daily lives as well as the "big events", and also as a form of artistic expression.
Our four children all are married with families, careers, mortgages and lives of their own. They're all back in the Midwest and we don't get to see each other as much as we would like, so photos and videos are important ways to share events in each others' lives.